Inclusive Practices for Early Childhood Education

Running Head: INCLUSIVE PRACTICES
INCLUSIVE PRACTICES
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Introduction
As an educator in childhood services it has been observed that the students who attend
are quite culturally diverse and even linguistically diverse. There are children with health
issues and psychological issues as well. Thus the strategies and practices that will have to be
followed for making sure that the curriculum helps all of them, all the while maintaining
proper positive atmosphere for learning, is top notch and helps enormously to maintain the
objectives as discussed (Colgon, 2014). Through this assignment I will be checking the
diversity that will be dealt with along with a curriculum that will be helpful for the children. I
will also outline the professionals and other organisations that I will be communicating with
on a regular basis in order to form partnerships that will benefit the students.
The diversity within the setting
Educators in early childhood services which children aged 0 to 5 years cannot
possibly choose only the apparently healthy children to deal with. Often the educator will be
coming across a diverse group of children of various natures, with different stories to tell, in
different languages and from various backgrounds. I am currently handling 30 children across
the week. Three children are CALD children which mean they are culturally or linguistically
diverse. They are Mandarin, Turkish and Arabic respectively. Two of the children in the
group have issues with their speech and communication abilities. There is one child
diagnosed with autism. Three of the children have chronic health problems and two of the
children are currently experiencing trauma. This is a very complex kind of diversity and
carefully making a curriculum and planning and practices to deal with this all together is a
difficult task.

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Plans and Practices
Dealing with children requires careful observation and careful planning to ensure that
no wrong steps taken because one wrong step can damage the entire program or teach
something unnecessary or you even harmful to the children. This careful planning needs to be
done with my team all the while making sure that national standard set by the government are
met, families are included in the plans and their feedback is taken, help of experienced
educated and child psychologists are taken, it is checked that the location and setting is
particularly suitable for children (Early Childhood Australia, 2012). It is also so make sure
that the curriculum is suited for all of the children and it helps them imbibe positivity.
The Inclusive Curriculum
 The curriculum firstly has to be very culturally inclusive in nature and must ensure
that no stereotyping is inculcated within any material that is to be read out or followed
during the program (Australian Government, Department of Education and Training,
2016). From the very beginning it has to be told and talked to the children that every
human being on this planet is equal and that they should be kind to everyone
irrespective of the fact that they might be different to us in many ways (Allen &
Cowdery, 2015). The ability to interact with people according to who they are is how
one becomes a good human being. If required the curriculum should also be translated
with the help of translators into any language that might help the linguistically
different children and their parents.